Sugar Ray

Our good friends Rachel, Pete, and Gracie Hartsough welcomed little Raymond Lyle into the world on Tuesday, January 9, 2007 at about 4:57 p.m. He weighed in at 8 pounds, 3 ounces, and he's amazing. You can see some sweet pictures of his early life with his very happy parents and happy-but-still-not-too-sure-about-this-screaming-little-brother-thing sister Gracie at gracieandthedude. He's really quite perfect: he smells really good, and he came out looking like a little human with soft, clear skin, and a head-shaped head. This is really quite amazing because some babies come out looking a bit more like aliens at first--you've seen the pictures; admit it, not every kid is immediately cute--red all over, chapped skin, and decidedly not-head-shaped heads. (They do of course stop looking like aliens...eventually.) Little Sugar Ray was immediately cute. He looks a lot like his proud older sister, Gracie, and as Pete told us, he came into the world ready for anything: screaming and peeing. They're so happy. We're so happy for them. And when our period of "advent" is over, Baby Hartsough and Baby Robertson can be playmates. Life is good.